Some time last week I had a vision: inspired by the talented Molly Yeh, I pictured mini cakes made with fluffy layers of angel food cake and stacked high with the help of strawberry whipped cream, then proudly displayed in my mom’s glass candle holders. They’ll be so pretty and cute! I thought. But then, as I started to plan, I hit my first roadblock: How to get the thin layers I…
I know it’s a Tuesday morning, and I know you’re probably on your way to work/school, but please go and make these cookies. As in, right now. Or, if that’s physically impossible for you to do at the moment, just promise me you’ll make them in the near future. In case you’re unfamiliar with them, almond lace cookies, or florentines, are essentially what you get when you melt together butter,…
Oh boy, have I got a story for you. I set out to make these eclairs for a Mad Men-themed party that my parents (who don’t, by the way, watch Mad Men) were going to. I’d been looking at a few different recipes for weeks and was rather excited to finally be making my first pâte à choux, the pastry behind eclairs, cream puffs, gougères, profiteroles and all things good in the world.…
Hey there everyone! Things have continued to be crazy around here (I am now embarking on term paper #2… Sigh), but I am seriously crossing my fingers that it’ll all calm down soon so I can get back to weekly blogging. Today I thought I’d start by sharing some of my favorite Passover recipes that I’ve posted thus far, for those of you who are looking for an addition to your…
Hi everyone! I just realized something– March 16th marked Crumbs and Nibbles’ one year blogiversary! One year (and a couple days) ago, I said hello to the blogging world for the first time and shared a recipe for Snickerdoodles with you. A few things have changed since then. Inspired by The Pioneer Woman, I started taking step-by-step photos (most of the time, at least), and a several months ago Crumbs…
Hello everyone! I’m so sorry that I haven’t been posting weekly lately. I’ve been stressed out with term papers, tests, after school commitments, etc. But hopefully the bulk of that will be behind me soon and I’ll be able to blog to my heart’s content! As Saturday just happens to be Pi Day (3/14/15!), I thought I’d share a list of all of the pie recipes I’ve posted to date.…
This is hamentashen done right, if I do say so myself. Hamentashen are triangular filled cookies traditionally made for the Jewish holiday Purim, which falls on March 4th this year! Light and delicate, these cookies are nothing like the doughy, thick versions you may be used to, and the recipe (which hails from one of my grandmother’s recipe cards, just like the Chocolate Chip Mandelbread I shared with you so long…
Happy early Valentine’s Day! I was lying in bed at 6:30 this morning about to wake up for school when I realized that I had yet to write my Valentine’s day blog post. So naturally I bolted to my computer and got to work editing photos and writing.…
Oh boy, are these good. This week, I thought I’d share this recipe from The Pioneer Woman. These fun, colorful cookies are perfect for kids and adults, and they’d make a great Super Bowl snack. Browned butter adds a fantastic nutty flavor to anything you put it in, and it takes classic M&M cookies to new heights.…
I can’t believe I haven’t shared this recipe with you yet. There’s chocolate cake–which I would gladly take any day, mind you–and then there’s Chocolate Cake, like this one adapted from Ina Garten’s Beatty’s Chocolate Cake. It’s moist and decadent, with a splash of coffee that only acts to further intensify the flavors. Top the whole thing off with chocolate buttercream, and you’ve got a dessert that’s perfect for any party. Or…